Blogs from Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Asia

To tell the truth to the world at large... the walls surrounding our Australian dreams crumbled over the weekend of January 10th. Unexplainable things happened during a class and the school we taught at backed the student rather than (me) the teacher. Even the co-teacher agreed with what had happened throughout the class. It didn't make any sense. Then things changed... I was no longer a teacher in South Korea. We had worked long and hard to get to this place so we could journey into the South Pacific further once we were through a 12-month contract. But what happened, happened. We cannot change those things. Honestly, I did what I needed to at that moment. I wouldn't change what I did. There was no reason to. I made a decision based upon the situation at ... read more

After the weekend of touch rugby we received an email from Rick in personnel about an opportunity to attend the G-Design Festival at the Kintex Convention Center nearby in Ilsan. As EV teachers and administrators we would receive "free tickets" to the festival because we are a government subsidized company. After reading through the email, I told Shauna we should do it, if we could return in time for our 1:00pm shift? Shauna agreed to the G-Design Festival, if we were back on campus in time to work. By the end of the day we had signed up for the trip to Ilsan the following Monday for the G-Design Festival. There was a small group of people attending from the ODP (One Day Program) and several administrators. Only Shauna and myself came along with from the ... read more

The following is ......well.....it is what it is. An Original Asile~Haras creation. Anything in first person in the beginning section is referring to Sarah. Enjoy! Ode to Bill All instructors are required to fill out PERSONALIZED comments for EVERY STUDENT'S report card, which can lead to a slight case of insanity and copious amounts of chocolate (Elisa would like to point out that she learned that word from me, her English-speaking friend). I finished my comments a few days ago, all very serious and professional, but due to Elisa's less-than-ideal wrist tendons, I offered to type her comments as she dictated them. Out of the kindness of my heart, and not at all because it promised free food. DISCLAIMER: None of the following comments were actually used. They were merely stress relievers when we COULD NOT ... read more

HEEHEE!!! Ah, yeah, so Sarah and I found an Ice Cream cafe in Seoul that carries strictly 100% Dairy free and Vegan icecream!!!! Sooooooooo exciting! It is called Purely Decadant, it is an American company! After Jeffrey's birthday with his (real) icecream birthday cake, Sarah and I commandeered the cooler box that it came in and ah...went to Seoul and got a ridiculous amount of our icecream! :) The really cool part is, is they give you Dry Ice in the box so that it stays frozen the whole way home! :) THEN you get to play with the dry ice at home! SO MUCH FUN!!!! Here are a couple of videos of said fun! Enjoy! Elisa... read more

AHHHHHHHHHGGGRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (she screams in silent anger as she sits in her chair afraid to actually open her mouth for fear that it may induce further pain) Here is another poem I wrote for today's feelings and adventures. The reason for this one is that I just got back from the Dentist. Never a great thing in any day. I went with the idea that I had a cavity to have fixed, but instead he told me there was none! BUT, that instead, the pain and sensitivity that I have been feeling on my one tooth, is actually coming from the tooth beside it and I will probably have to have yet another root canal to fix the problem. You see this tooth in question, years ago, had a cavity, it got fixed by being filled with ... read more